Pocket-closure.



R. N. LAGO.

POCKET CLOSURE.-

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. 1916.

Pme'd' Nov. 13, 1912.

I UNITED ST PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND NQLAGO, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

Application filed November 6, 1916. Serial No. 129,804.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND N. LAGO, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Closures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in pocket closures, and has for its object to provide an article of this character so constructed that it can be quickly stitched to the pocket so as to prevent loss of articles therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character constructed in such a manner that when attached to the pocket it will in no way interfere with the entrance and withdrawal of the hand from the pocket.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an article of this type which is constructed in such a manner that it can be applied to the pocket of a garment during or after the same has been completed.

It is a well known fact that the side pockets of trousers gap when a person is sitting with the consequent loss of articles from the pockets, and it is to overcome this objection that the present invention has been perfected, although it will be of course understood that the device can be applied to the pockets of garments other than trousers.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a fragmentary view of a pair of trousers, with the flap of the pocket cut away showing the device in place.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of the device showing the same in its extended position. v

The device consists of a pair of flexible strips 1, preferably formed from celluloid,

but it will be of course understood that any other material may be employed suitable for the purpose. The upper and lower ends of the strips 1 are beveled and curved, as at 2 and 3, respectively to provide for each strip, a major and a minor longitudinal edge.

The strips 1 are placed in fabric casings 4, said casing being shaped corresponding to the shape of the strips with major and minor longitudinal edges, as shown. By providing the casings 4 the device can be readily stitched in the pocket, and to do so it is only necessary to sew the outer edges of the casings to the outer flap of the pocket and inner face of the pocket, and at points located at the entrance of the pocket.

By beveling the upper ends of the strips the highest points thereof will extend upwardly into the pocket, while the lowest points of the curved ends of said strips will extend downwardly into the pocket, it being the minor longitudinal edges of the casings that are stitched to the edges of the pocket.

The strips 1 are disposed to coincide and the upper and lower ends of the casings 4 are connected by gussets 5 which permit the major longitudinal edge portions of the strips to move away from each other, to a limited degree, said gussets also serving to prevent articles in the pocket from passing between the ends of the strips.

The gussets 5 are stitched centrally to the upper and lower ends of the entrance to the pocket, and aid in holding the device in place.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a device has been provided which will prevent articles from falling from the pockets, but will in no way interfore in placing or removing articles.

What is claimed is 1. A pocket closure comprising a pair of flexible strips having their ends beveled with resultant major and minor longitudinal edges and triangular gussets connecting. corresponding ends of the strips with the apexes of the triangles at the major longitudinal edges and the bases of-the triangles at the minor longitudinal edges of the strips.

2. The combination with a garment and its pocket, of a closure for the pocket consisting of a pair of flexible strips having their ends beveled with resultant major and 110 minor longitudinal edges secured each with its minor longitudinal edge to the edge of the pocket and continuously thereof and with their major edge portions unconnected to the pocket and triangular gussets connecting the ends of the stripsewith the apexes of the gussets at the major longi-r tndinal edges of the strips and the bases of RAYMOND N. LAGO. Witnesses M. A. LYON, HERBERT BALDWIN.

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